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The Agora => Greek News => Holidays in Hellas => Topic started by: Maik on Wednesday, 14 October, 2015 @ 12:57:07
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Ryanair To Double Corfu Traffic By Opening Fourth Base In Greece
Ryanair Holdings PLC Wednesday said it will open a new base at Corfu from next April, its fourth in Greece.
The new base will include one based aircraft at a total investment of USD100 million, 11 new routes to Birmingham, Bratislava, Budapest, Cologne, Rome, Katowice, Poznan, Pisa, Rzeszow, Venice and Warsaw, as well as more flights to Brussels Charleroi, East Midlands, London Stansted and Milan Bergamo.
http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/news/alliance-news/detail/1444813867342389600.html
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Could this mean there will be an all-year-round Ryanair service from Corfu to all these destinations, including the UK?
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I read the below as an extension to existing dates of operation, as even the New Routes are defined as Summer Routes
"...From April, Ryanair will open a base in Corfu and deliver:
1 based aircraft ($100m)
11 new routes
21 routes in total
More flights to Brussels (1 to 2 weekly), East Midlands (1 to 2), London Stansted (4 to 5) & Milan B (4 to 5)
300,000 customers p.a. (+150,000)
225* “on site” jobs p.a.
11 New Corfu Summer 2016 Routes
Routes Frequencies
Birmingham 2 x weekly
Bratislava 1 x weekly
Budapest 1 x weekly
Cologne 2 x weekly
Rome Fiumicino 2 x weekly
Katowice 1 x weekly
Poznan 1 x weekly
Pisa 2 x weekly
Rzeszow 1 x weekly
Venice Treviso 2 x weekly
Warsaw Modlin 1 x weekly
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Sixteen more flights a week - should make Corfu airport even more serene and spacious than it already is! ;)
Tony
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Ah, yes, if only Kef airport was more like Corfu a/p :iroll:
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Ah, yes, if only Kef airport was more like Corfu a/p :iroll:
Well it may end up "improved" because of the new German users. Tcould soon bring it into line, making us all stand in very straight orderly line, looking straight ahead andpossibly having to genuflect to a photo of Fuerer Mercel!
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Isn't Athens airport German run? A serious, not sarcastic comment.